Editing Coins of the pound sterling (section)

===Slang and everyday usage===
Some pre-decimalisation coins or denominations became commonly known by colloquial and slang terms, perhaps the most well known being ''bob'' for a [[Shilling (United Kingdom)|shilling]], and ''[[Pound sterling|quid]]'' for a pound. A [[British Farthing coin|farthing]] was a ''mag'', a silver threepence was a ''[[history of the threepence|joey]]'' and the later nickel-brass threepence was called a ''[[History of the threepence|threepenny bit]]'' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|θ|r|ʌ|p|n|i}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|θ|r|ɛ|p|n|i}} bit, i.e. thrup'ny or threp'ny bit – the apostrophe was pronounced on a scale from full "e" down to complete omission); a sixpence was a ''tanner'', the two-shilling coin or [[Florin (British coin)|florin]] was a ''two-bob bit''. Bob is still used in phrases such as "earn/worth a bob or two",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bob+or+two%22|title="bob or two" – Google Search}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=google search|date=June 2022}} and "bob‐a‐job week". The two shillings and sixpence coin or [[Half crown (British coin)|half-crown]] was a ''half-dollar'', also sometimes referred to as ''two and a kick''. A value of two pence was universally pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ʌ|p|ən|s}} ''tuppence'', a usage which is still heard today, especially among older people. The unaccented suffix "-pence", pronounced {{IPAc-en|p|ən|s}}, was similarly appended to the other numbers up to twelve; thus "fourpence", "sixpence-three-farthings", "twelvepence-ha'penny", but "eighteen pence" would usually be said "one-and-six".

''Quid'' remains as popular slang for one or more pounds to this day in Britain in the form "a quid" and then "two quid", and so on. Similarly, in some parts of the country, ''bob'' continued to represent one-twentieth of a pound, that is five new pence, and ''two bob'' is 10p.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://davidjonesclwydwest.blogspot.com/2008/04/two-bob-trouble.html
|title=Two Bob Trouble
|date=7 April 2008
|author=David Jones
|publisher=[[Blogspot]]
|author-link=David Jones (MP for Clwyd West)
}}</ref>

The introduction of decimal currency caused a new casual usage to emerge, where any value in pence is spoken using the suffix ''pee'': e.g. "twenty-three pee" or, in the early years, "two-and-a-half pee" rather than the previous "tuppence-ha'penny". Amounts over a pound are normally spoken thus: "five pounds forty". A value with less than ten pence over the pound is sometimes spoken like this: "one pound and a penny", "three pounds and fourpence". The slang term "bit" has almost disappeared from use completely, although in Scotland a fifty pence is sometimes referred to as a "ten bob bit". Decimal denomination coins are generally described using the terms ''piece'' or coin, for example, "a fifty-pee piece", a "ten-pence coin".